Helsinki and Stockholm declared on Sept. 13 that they would not prohibit Ukraine from attacking Russia with their weapons amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent threats against NATO. The day before, Putin said that Ukraine’s use of Western long-range weapons against Russia would mean that NATO countries were directly involved in the full-scale war. According to Putin, allowing Ukraine to use such weapons would change the “nature of the conflict,” meaning that NATO countries would be fighting against Russia. Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, during a joint press conference with h…
